Example sentences of "[adj] it [be] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Thatcher rejected the charge , making it clear it was the Chancellor 's responsibility . |
| 2 | And if the solicitor got it wrong it 's the executor who takes the blame . |
| 3 | All for now — it is chucking down hail , so I am afraid it is the post lift near here tomorrow Monday and not the trek to the main sorting office . |
| 4 | Brutal it were the way he knocked the other feller about . ’ |
| 5 | She has n't got any comedy in her , she 's quite serious it 's the home her say in the prologue different mentality . |
| 6 | Well the income tax is fairly easy it 's the VAT that you 've got to watch they 're |
| 7 | We were lucky it was the officer . |
| 8 | ‘ The more evidence we accumulate of their unreasonable behaviour the more likely it is the Government will legislate . |
| 9 | Perhaps I 've ‘ grown ’ — more likely it is the fact that I have a wealth of female experience that other women are writing about , like myself ( unrecognised at present … ) so I have no need to be ‘ ashamed ’ any longer . |
| 10 | More likely it was the knowledge that , for all Dysart 's manifest charm and proven ability , he had a wife who was at best an adulteress , at worst a traitor ; either Minter 's dupe or his co-conspirator . |
| 11 | The church stood on one side of the narrow street , a lovely old building of dark grey stone , and opposite it was the Vicarage , a tumbledown house which in summer would be completely hidden by tall trees . |
| 12 | When one is ill it 's the knowledge that somebody cared enough to come and see one that matters more than the flowers and the lemon barley water . |
| 13 | Alicia says you should spend time talking to a breeder before diving in to buy one , to be sure it is the breed for you . |
| 14 | Obviously this is the experience of some children but we must make sure it is the experience and entitlement of every child in this country . ’ |
| 15 | to your Council did I knock on the door and say standing for the Liberal Democrats , they said well we 're not sure it 's the way we are going to vote for you , we may vote for somebody else . |
| 16 | Merrill smiled , then after a moment said hesitantly , ‘ I do n't know about your mother 's reactions , of course , but are you sure it 's the kind of surprise Luke will appreciate ? |
| 17 | I 'm sure it 's the influence of the Indians . |
| 18 | The mutilated and partly decompossed body was found on the 16th of July , on a rubbish dump near Lisbon and police there are 90 percent sure it 's the body of Mr Christensen . |
| 19 | There is a chap advertising , I 'm sure it 's the Advertiser rath or the Wimborne Journal who |
| 20 | Be sure it 's the truth , mind . |
| 21 | ‘ Your Grace , ’ I asked , ‘ are you sure it was the corpse of the King of Scotland ? ’ |
| 22 | Indeed , Master Corbett , I am sure it was the Frenchman who informed me . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I was sure it was the hay on fire , ’ she murmured sadly . |
| 24 | ‘ You are sure it was the King ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ You are sure it was the King 's corpse ? ’ |
| 26 | I am sure it was the pressure from the warrior class and the impending general election that led to a final figure of 63,500 , which is a cut of about 17 per cent . |
| 27 | It 's the idea that you ca n't have socialism in one country , it has to be international it 's the idea that it has to be based on the working class because the working class is the agent of socialism and it has to be by revolution because the ruling class wo n't give up its power and wealth voluntarily . |
| 28 | So far as churchmen like Geoffrey of Vigeois were concerned it was the fate which all routiers deserved . |
| 29 | Well as far as I 'm concerned it was the dog on the side . |
| 30 | Temporal periodicity is fairly self-evident It is the number of times part of the display cycles from light to dark to light again in each second . |